144 - Pumpkin Chunkin

First of all, thank you all for the kind thoughts and prayers for my MIL. Monday I take a half day off of work to be there for my wife and her.

Now, Pumpkin Chunkin is a sport that's been around for quite a while, and the object is to throw a pumpkin as far as possible with a man made device, normally a Trebuchet.

Sunday in our city , we had our Pumpkin Chunkin contest, and to the right is a look at some of the competitors. They were throwing pumpkins hundreds of feet, to the amazement of many onlookers.

There is even a World Championship of Punkin Chunkin (note spelling differences), and rules and regulations. It's amazing to watch them work.

At left, I caught one just launching! The furthest one I saw went over 250 feet! And that's tossing a pumpkin that was bigger than a basketball.

Consider how much it must have weighed.

It was a gorgeous day, so after this, we had lunch and the wife and I took a nice long ride in the Vette. You could see, there a lot of motorcycles out, nice cars, and other corvettes trying to get in their last day or so of riding, all the while knowing that winter is coming. Most likely, next week I'll be putting my baby away for the winter.

Now, for a funny to end off with from my friend Mike H:

'Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive-through ATM machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles.
Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined below when accessing their accounts.
After months of careful research, MALE &FEMALE Procedures have been developed

Please follow the appropriate steps for your gender.

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MALE PROCEDURE:
     1. Drive up to the cash machine.
     2. Put down your car window.
     3. Insert card into machine and enter PIN.
     4. Enter amount of cash required and withdraw.
     5. Retrieve card, cash and receipt.
     6. Put window up.
     7. Drive off.
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FEMALE PROCEDURE:
     1. Drive up to cash machine.
     2. Reverse and back up the required amount to align car window with the machine.
     3. Set parking brake, put the window down.
     4 Find handbag, remove all contents on to passenger seat to locate card.
     5. Tell person on cell phone you will call them back and hang up.
     6. Attempt to insert card into machine.
     7. Open car door to allow easier access to machine due to its excessive distance
        from the car.
     8. Insert card.
     9 Re-insert card the right way.
     10. Dig through handbag to find diary with your PIN written on the inside back
         page.
     11. Enter PIN.
     12. Press cancel and re-enter correct PIN.
     13. Enter amount of cash required.
     14. Check makeup in rear view mirror.
     15. Retrieve cash and receipt.
     16. Empty handbag again to locate wallet and place cash inside.
     17. Write debit amount in check register and place receipt in back of checkbook.
     18. Re-check makeup.
     19. Drive forward 2 feet.
     20. Reverse back to cash machine.
     21. Retrieve card.
     22. Re-empty hand bag, locate card holder, and place card into the slot provided!
     23. Give dirty look to irate male driver waiting behind you.
     24. Restart stalled engine and pull off.
     25. Redial person on cell phone.
     26.  Drive for 2 to 3 miles.
     27.  Release Parking Brake.

Have a wonderful Monday all...